Title: Day of week effect: an empirical study for Indian Stock Markets

Authors: Vanitha Chawla; Manjula Shastri

Addresses: Amity Business School, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Amity Road, Sector 125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201313, India ' Amity Business School, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Amity Road, Sector 125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201313, India

Abstract: The present study examines empirically the presence of day of week effect in Indian Stock Markets. The paper investigates the stock returns and volatility of Indian markets for the period from 2009 to 2018, using OLS regression, GARCH (1,1), EGARCH (1,1) and TGARCH (1,1) models. The results indicate presence of positive Monday effect which is not due to equity market risk. The study found weak Wednesday effect for small cap companies. The returns of Wednesday are volatile than any other day of the week.

Keywords: day of week effect; stock market; GARCH (1,1); volatility.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2023.129040

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2023 Vol.33 No.3, pp.326 - 343

Received: 02 May 2019
Accepted: 05 Jan 2020
Published online: 16 Feb 2023 *

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